Synopsis
'One of the greatest anti-heroes ever written' LEE CHILD
Bernie Gunther returns to his desk on homicide from the horrors of the Eastern Front to find Berlin changed for the worse.
He begins to investigate the death of a railway worker, but is obliged to drop everything when Reinhard Heydrich of the SD orders him to Prague to spend a weekend at his country house. Bernie accepts reluctantly, especially when he learns that his fellow guests are all senior figures in the SS and SD.
The weekend quickly turns sour when a body is found in a room locked from the inside. If Bernie fails to solve this impossible mystery not only is his reputation at stake, but also that of Reinhard Heydrich, a man who cannot bear to lose face.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Quercus Publishing
- ISBN: 9781849164177
- Number of pages: 544
- Dimensions: 196 x 126 x 44 mm
- Weight: 380g
- Languages: English
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Brilliant, as one would expect from Kerr.
Gunther once again finds himself at the beck and call of his puppeteer masters, the SS, and specifically Heydrich. Ostensibly called upon to solve a murder... READ MORE
A master at work.
The title of this review says it all really. I’m late to the game with his Bernie Gunther series, but to say I missed a trick is underselling it. You can a... READ MORE